Contagious agalactia

Article 14.2.1.

Recommendations for the importation of sheep and goats

Veterinary Authorities of importing countries should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

1. showed no clinical sign of contagious agalactia on the day of shipment;

2. were kept since birth or for the six months prior to shipment in an establishment where no case of contagious agalactia was officially reported during that period;

3. were kept in a quarantine station for the 21 days prior to shipment.

nb: first adopted in 1968.